The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-29
GENERAL CONVENTION.

Twenty Second Annual Report of
the Board of Trustees
THE matters embraced in the sew
ersl appendices of the report will be sum-
marised hereafter.-ED.]
To the Uniuersalist General Convention,
in Session at Ne,o York City, Octo-
Der 10, 1887:
Three meetings of the Board have
been held One each in the months Of
November, 1886, and May and October,
1887.
The Committees of the previous year
were continued unchanged, and Mr..
Joy was again unanimously chosen the
Chairman of the Board.
The term of the following Trustees
expires at this session Rev. Elmer Fl.
Chaplin, D. D.; Geo. G. Thomas, Esq,
Rev. James H. Chaplin, Phi. D.; John
B. Mulliken, Esq; Hon. Jacob W.
Hoysradt.
License for one year has been granted
to Albert K. BEEN, of Sorrento, Fla;
probationary license for one year to
Rev. w. R. Robinson, M. D., of Waco,
Texas, late clergyman of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church South; lay
license for three years to Miss Meekie
F. Dunaway, of Blanket, Texas; lay
license to Alfred Van Cleave, of Dallas,
Texas renewal of license for one year
to J. NJ. Wright, of Farmersville, Texas.
Direct fellowship has been granted to
Rev. Simon Goodenough, of Oakland,
CAL, upon transfer from the Maine
Convention to Rev. G. E. Churchill,
of Pomona, CAL, from the Vermont
Convention to Rev. Everett l.. Con-
ger, of Pasadena, Cal, from the Illinois
Convention to Rev. G. A. Lander, OF
Messina, Fla, from the same Conven-
ton; Rev. Geo. H. Deere, of Riverside,
Cal, from the Minnesota Convention.
A letter of dismissal has been grant,
ed, at his own request, to Rev. Elmer
r. Earle, of Oswego, N. Y.
A letter of transfer to the Pennsyl-
yania Convention has been granted to
Rev. A. U. Hutchins, of Titusville, Pa.
The full fellowship of the Conven-
ton has been granted to Rev. J. K.
Street, of Dallas, Texas, an ordained
licentiate of the Convention.
The fellowship of the Convention has
been granted, upon recommendation of
the proper Committee, to the First
Universalist Paris of Collier Co., Texas,
at Farmersville tosthe First Univer-
saIist Parish of Hico, Texas to the
First Universalist Church and Parish
of Dallas, Texas to the Universalist
Parish of Rockale, Milan Co., Texas !;
to the Universalist Parish of Garden
Valley, Texas.
The Committee of Fellowship Of the
Maine Convention having unanimously
recommended that John HI. Palmer be
reinstated in our ministry under Arti-
Gle ", Section 2, of the Laws Of our
Church, the Trustees carefully consid-
cred the case, as presented in sundry
papers, and, 'two thirds of the Board
coneurring," as required by the law,
the said John H. Palmer was fully re-
stored to fellowship.
We append [Appendix I'LL the Re-
port of the Woman's Centenary Asso-
citation for eleven months of the year,
and also summary of the Treasurer's
account for 1886. The account for the
last eleven months shows the total Of
receipts, inclusive of interest, as 50, 49,
65, and of expenditures as S1,505.91.
The Annual Report Of the Woman's
Universalist Missionary Society of
Massachusetts is appended [Appendix
". |, showing receipts for the year, in
elusive of interest, $l,6S5 SO, and ex-
penditure $769.15.
Young Peoples Missionary Associa-
tions have been formed as follows: No.
80, November l, 1885, All Souls, Wor-
cester, Mass. 80, November 8, North
Cambridge, Mass. 81, November 81,
Grove Hall, Boston, Mass. 80, Octo-
Der II, Junction City, Kan. 3S, De-
cember 6, Chelsea, Mass; "a, Novem-
Der 10, East Cambridge, Mass; 35, No.
vember 25, Church of the Messiah,
Philadelphia, Pa. SO, February, 1887,
Meriden, CT; 81, May, Roxbury, Mass;
38, May 81, Saugus, Mass.
The Secretary has sought from these
Associations information as to their
methods and expenditure, since their
organization, receiving replies to his
question from "a Secretaries out of 20
addressed. These reported S63 mem
bers at the time of organization, to
1,46S members now; receipts from
members, $559.26, from Missionary
Boxes, 1869 OF, from other sources, ST.
943 AZ payments to the General Con-
vention, $7l6 go, to the State Conven-
tions, $3.50 %, to other objects, $3.50 SO
The 'other objects" include "clothiDg
poor children" FLOWERS for the church
and the SICK" especial missionary APP
preparations ;" "bOoks for the parish"
Swedish Mission" parish treasury"
''church REPAIRS" pastors salary